Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voter for the Greens, I can say that this movement does not have much to do with romanticism or nationalism. The Greens reject capitalism and the style of living that accompanies it. The West Germans have to change their political attitudes drastically to prevent a "ground zero" on German soil...
...nuclear freeze movement since the issue gained national attention in the past couple of years Cambridge was one of the first in the country to support a nuclear freeze, through a non-binding referendum in 1981. Also that year, the Cambridge City Council became the first local body to reject federal civil defense programs...
...Senate, Majority Leader Howard Baker has let it be known that he will not push the Reagan proposal, filibuster. Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat, has threatened to filibuster. Ironically, the bill's best chances may lie in its complexity, which makes it hard to grapple with, let alone reject. Says Corcoran: "One of its attractive features is that it has got everybody confused...
...logical alternative for Washington is to press for negotiations between left and right. The guerillas have previously made clear their willingness to talk. But time is running out. The left's confidence increases with each victory, and they may soon reject negotiation. Compromise now is the only...
These are ordinary people forced into an extraordinary journey. They reject the comfortable complacency contained in the words of the village preacher. "If the Day of Wrath, the Dies Irae is near, and it is always near, then it is our duty to survive." Merely to survive is not enough; the risky quest to meet the near-legendary American soldiers is an opportunity to infuse a sense of adventure and myth into a cluster of lives grown grey and sodden under years of Fascist rule. So they make their way through the foothills, while the partisans and the straggling black...